my $t = 1; grep { $t^=1 } LIST #### my $t = 1; grep { $t = 1-$t } LIST #### my $t = 1; grep { ++$t % 2 } LIST #### map { $_%2 ? $ARRAY[$_] : () } 0..$#ARRAY #### >perl -le"$t=1; print grep { $t^=1 } qw( a b c d e );" bd #### >perl -le"$t=1; print grep { $t = 1-$t } qw( a b c d e );" bd #### >perl -le"$t=1; print grep { ++$t % 2 } qw( a b c d e );" bd #### >perl -le"@a = qw( a b c d e ); print map { $_%2 ? $a[$_] : () } 0..$#a;" bd #### my $t = 0; grep { $t^=1 } LIST #### my $t = 0; grep { $t=1-$t } LIST #### my $t = 0; grep { ++$t % 2 } LIST #### map { $_%2 ? () : $ARRAY[$_] } 0..$#ARRAY #### >perl -le"$t=0; print grep { $t^=1 } qw( a b c d e );" ace #### >perl -le"$t=1; print grep { $t = 1-$t } qw( a b c d e );" ace #### >perl -le"$t=0; print grep { ++$t % 2 } qw( a b c d e );" bd #### >perl -le"@a = qw( a b c d e ); print map { $_%2 ? () : $a[$_] } 0..$#a;" ace #### my $t = 1; map { ($t^=1) ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } LIST #### my $t = 1; map { ($t = 1-$t) ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } LIST #### my $t = 1; map { (++$t % 2) ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } LIST #### map { $_%2 ? EXPR_FOR_ODD : EXPR_FOR_EVEN } 0..$#ARRAY #### >perl -le"$t=1; print map { ($t^=1) ? uc : lc } qw( a b c d e );" aBcDe #### >perl -le"$t=1; print map { ($t=1-$t) ? uc : lc } qw( a b c d e );" aBcDe #### >perl -le"$t=1; print map { (++$t % 2) ? uc : lc } qw( a b c d e );" aBcDe #### >perl -le"@a = qw( a b c d e ); print map { $_%2 ? uc($a[$_]) : lc($a[$_]) } 0..$#a;" aBcDe